Impact Of European Colonization On North And South America

labor. Eventually, this had lead to Spain’s failure and resulted in a time of "rapid inflation

When the Europeans explored the Americas, they were introduced to new plants, foods, and animals, as well as riches and land. Foods such as corn, white and sweet potatoes, beans, tomatoes, cacao, fruits,

In the new world, Europeans encountered indigenous plant foods cultivated by Native Americas. These plants were potatoes, beans, corn, tobacco, and cocoa. The potato is especially important because it’s known for one of the main foods for Ireland. The European’s influenced oats and barley etc. Domesticated animals as pigs, chickens, sheep, and ox were also brought to the Americas. Horses were also brought to the new world which was a new tool for hunting and used for military.

The effects of European exploration were mostly positive. The exploration led to cultural diffusion, the Colombian exchange, and the modernization of goods as well as cities. The end of isolation from Europe and Asia brought a new beginning to the Americas. As the Natives perished under the wrath of the Europeans, the European empire grew rich from enslavement. Although this caused great disdain until the 1960s (and even still a little today), the effects of European exploration changed the world for the better because it lead to the key elements that still affect society today- cultural diffusion, the exchange of goods (globally), and the modernization in technology.

The Columbian Exchange brought diseases in the two countries and was also the forerunner for eliminating Native Americans in North America, but Europe acquired new ways to develop their economy further than what it already was. This discovery was what led to Europe's powers early on in the 1400’s. Europe's discoveries led to the modernization of cultures along with great societies such as the New World, which became the country it is today.

The Columbian exchange affected many regions all over the world. The Americas and Europe were similar in their changing population densities caused by diseases and goods. Also Europe and the Americas both benefited from the exchange of foreign crops and livestock across the Triangle trade routes. However, Europe and the Americas were different in their migration of peoples. The effects of the Columbian Exchange was similar in Europe and the Americas because of their changing population growth and the diffusion of goods to each country but differed in their expansion of territory.

The Europeans brought diseases such as small pox and the black death, which killed many Europeans and Natives. The death of all the natives made the Europeans bring in African-Americans as slaves, which effects our cultural diversity today. Another negative effect the Age of Exploration had on the world is the killing of natives in the Americas. When the Europeans and Spanish came, the Natives and them had a rocky relationship, this lead to wars, torture, and the deaths of the Natives. Some torture included the Spaniards cutting off the Natives hands for not giving them enough gold (Document #1).The killing of the Natives in America made the European culture more popular than those of the Natives, mostly erasing their culture from the Americas.One of the last negative effects of the Age of Exploration was the slave trade. The slave trade happened when the Natives died out and where no longer able to provide for the Europeans and Spaniards. The slave trade not only included the inhuman labor of Africans but also horrible living conditions such as the Middle Passage, a tortuous boat ride that they used to transport Africans. The boat was dirty, smelled, and was overly crowded (Document #4).The Africans helped shape the Americas

The Columbian exchange has impacted the Americas in many important ways. The Columbian exchange began when Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas, also known as the New World, would exchange items with Europe. This had some positive and negative impacts including diseases, plant, animals, and people that were exchanged from the Old World to the New World.

The Americas and their people were isolated for thousands of years from the rest of the world which created for them technological barriers and biological consequences; no one yet had discovered a way to connect the American and European continents until 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain to the Americas and brought the European people and their advancements with him. They exchanged ideas, cultures, plants, animals, and diseases which became know as the Columbian Exchange. Within this exchange the two countries and their people greatly benefited and advanced from each other. The Europeans brought livestock that changed how the Indians transported and the labor that they did. The Indians introduced the Europeans to maize and potatoes

Contact between Native Americans and Europeans brought changes to European societies through three ways. First, with many new resources, Europeans were able to start the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian Exchange was basically the transfer of new resources and technology from the New World to the Old World and from the Old World to the New World. Second, since new types of crops were introduced to the Europeans, these new crops improved many of the European’s diets. For an example, before potatoes were introduced to the Old World, grains and wheat were the main parts of the European diets. But, after potatoes were introduced to the European countries, potatoes became the substitutions for grain and wheat because they were convenient to cultivate.

Europeans came to America, later on, they were also introduced to food, plants, and animals. Food such as corn, sweet potatoes, beans, cacao, tomatoes and even more. They brought a bunch of animals such as sheep, pigs which benefited the Americans because it was a source of food and also clothing.

Many great nations have conquered other territories to expand their ownership of land and resources. Imperialism is one country creating an empire by conquest and exploitation of other places and peoples. European Imperialists wanted many different things from different places around the world. They took different things from Africa as they did from the Caribbean. Different places had different things to offer. European Imperialists went to the Caribbean, Aztec and Inca Empires and North America. When they went to the Caribbean they wanted to exterminate indigenous political leadership. Guns, Germs and Steel has impacted the Caribbean, Aztec and Inca Empires and North America tremendously. In the Caribbean, the imperialists led to the transatlantic slave trade. In Aztec and Inca Empires were hunter-gatherers and used stone tools. In North America, they dominated the modern world in wealth and power.

After Spanish settlers in the New World realized the lucrative business that came with running plantations, such as their sugarcane and tobacco plantations in the West Indies, they set in place a forced labor system known as encomienda to have the natives do all of the work for them. The New Laws of 1542 were formed after the King was made aware of the harsh treatment and declining population of natives due to disease, overcrowding, and work fatigue. Once the laws were put in place, forced labor was outlawed and natives became wards of the state that were given protection; settlers were angered by the fact that natives would no longer be their source or labor. Despite the settlers opposition to the New

Europeans explored and settled in the Americas all throughout the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, and were generally successful. Although there were a number of factors that contributed to European successes in the New World, biological exchange was foremost. Biological exchange was the most significant force behind Europeans’ success in the Americas because it helped Europeans to wipe out Native American peoples, both physically and culturally, and to introduce European practices and resources that would help Europeans to flourish in the New World.

Christianity to the people. What happened instead was 350 years of Spanish rule that resulted